A bit about me
Do you wish to live a life that is more connected with nature? Do you struggle with food sensitivities? Would you love to learn traditional skills to become more self-reliant and resilient? Or grow your own clean, real food and prepare healthy meals from scratch, using freshly harvested or preserved foods from your own garden or pasture?
Welcome to Food For Life Garden!
Hey there, I’m Heidi, and I’m excited you’re here! I’m here to tell you that I can help you with all these concerns. This is what has steered me to make homesteading my lifestyle choice. And if you feel the same way, I’d love to hang out with you here on this blog to make it easy for you and help you along where I can! I’ve been homesteading and gardening since many decades ago, in Germany, New Hampshire, Washington State, and now in Missouri.
My passion is to grow most of the food I eat for several reasons. One is that I want to eat clean, real food. Not the stuff that’s full of chemicals and pesticides, unpronounceable ingredients, or even worse, was manufactured in a lab, Yuk! Nor do I want food that was grown on depleted soil with artificial fertilizer.
I prefer to eat nutrient-dense food, grown naturally, in living, healthy soil. And I want to eat meat that is free from hormones and antibiotics, and that is actually real meat from real animals, raised on pasture and fed organic feed. Raw milk from grass fed dairy animals and fresh milled grains for baking. If that sounds like something you would prefer, I have lots to share with you.
Food For Life Garden
Sourdough
Cooking
Baking
Honey Infusions
Herbal salves
Chickens
Food forest
Gardening
Preserving
Cheese making
Fermenting
Livestock
Herb Gardening
Beverages
Making Vinegar
Herbal Tinctures
Preserving Dairy
Harvesting
Cheese making
Fermenting
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Both my parents were raised on farms in their home countries of Bessarabia and Pomerania. They settled in Germany after they became refugees in WWII. There they tended gardens and produced much of the food we all ate.
That started me in gardening. My dad was well versed in organic gardening techniques and passionate about growing fruit trees and berries. My mom grew vegetables and preserved the abundance of food they harvested on their small city lot and a piece of leased land.
I learned from early on that my passion lies in making things from scratch, being creative with what is on hand, and doing things the old fashioned way. I do not place my trust in commercial and industrialized systems. There is something so profoundly satisfying in creating your own things from scratch, whether it’s building a yurt or making furniture, clothing, natural cleaning products, or preparing nutritious food.
If this resonates with you, let’s dive into the world of Homesteading and Homegrown together and find a better way to live!
Each post on this blog represents a chapter in my ongoing homesteading journey. From cultivating a vegetable garden and establishing a food forest to raising chickens, goats, and other animals, I’ve spent years immersed in this way of life, and I continue to learn and grow every single day. However, this space is not just a record of that journey, but a platform for sharing and discovery. It’s a place to exchange ideas, inspire one another, and build a strong, supportive community rooted in the values of simplicity, sustainability, and purpose.
Whether you’re a seasoned homesteader, an eager beginner, or simply someone seeking a more intentional connection to the land, I invite you to be part of this journey. Together, we can learn, grow, and create a more grounded and meaningful way of living.
Welcome to my homesteading adventure, where each day brings new lessons, fresh inspiration, and the chance to cultivate a life of true fulfillment, from the soil up.
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